what would papa do

 

What has equilibrium

is easy to maintain. What hasn’t

begun is easy to plan. What is fragile

is easy to shatter. What is small

is easy to scatter.

 

Deal with things

before they arise. Cultivate

order before confusion

sets in.

 

The tallest tree

springs from a tiny shoot.

The tallest tower is built from a pile of

dirt. A journey of a thousand miles

begins at your feet.

 

Interfere with things,

and you’ll be defeated by them.

Hold on to things, and you’ll lose them.

The sage doesn’t interfere, so he

doesn’t fail; doesn’t hold on,

so he doesn’t lose.

 

Because projects

often come to ruin just before

completion, he takes as much care at

the end as he did at the beginning,

and thereby succeeds.

 

His only desire

is to be free of desire.

Fancying nothing, learning not

to know, electing not to interfere,

he helps all beings become

themselves.

 

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 64

 

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